Shallow water marine sediment bacterial community shifts along a natural CO2 gradient in the Mediterranean Sea Off vulcano, Italy

• Main Authors: Kerfahi, Dorsaf, Hall-Spencer, Jason M, Tripathi, Binu M, Milazzo, Marco, Lee, Junghoon, Adams, Jonathan M
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2014
• Subjects: Abundance; Alkalinity; total; Aragonite saturation state; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon; inorganic; dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Class; CO2 vent; Coast and continental shelf; Community composition and diversity; Entire community; Field observation; Figure; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Group; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; Mediterranean Sea; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); pH; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Salinity; Shannon Diversity Index; Site; Soft-bottom community; Species; Temperate; Temperature; water; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836216; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.836216

The effects of increasing atmospheric CO(2) on ocean ecosystems are a major environmental concern, as rapid shoaling of the carbonate saturation horizon is exposing vast areas of marine sediments to corrosive waters worldwide. Natural CO(2) gradients off Vulcano, Italy, have revealed profound ecosys...